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Progress of all-perovskite tandem solar cells: the role of narrow-bandgap absorbers

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Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have gained increasing attention due to their excellent photovoltaic performance, achieving certified power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 25.2%. To further enhance PCE and break the Shockley-Queisser limit of the single junction PSCs, great efforts have been made in tandem solar cells based on perovskite, including perovskite/Si, and perovskite/perovskite (all-perovskite). Among them, all-perovskite tandem solar cells exhibit unique advantages of both low-cost fabrication and high efficiency. They have advanced rapidly in these years, due to the realization of stable and efficient narrow-bandgap perovskites. In this work, we review the development of monolithic all-perovskite tandem solar cells and highlight the critical role of narrow-bandgap perovskites in recent progress of all-perovskite solar cells. We also propose our perspective of future directions on this subject.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11834011, 11674219, 11574199).

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Luo, X., Wu, T., Wang, Y. et al. Progress of all-perovskite tandem solar cells: the role of narrow-bandgap absorbers. Sci. China Chem. 64, 218–227 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-020-9870-4

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